no sound on .mp3 conversions

[Marky]

whenever I convert any type of file to .mp3 (be it .wav, .ogg, or .wav) the .mp3 will give no sound when played in a media player. It still is the right size in MBs, and XP recognizes the length of the file, but Winamp will not play it, it acts like there is nothing there! Help!

Thanks!

[ChristinaS]

whenever I convert any type of file to .mp3 (be it .wav, .ogg, or .wav) the .mp3 will give no sound when played in a media player. It still is the right size in MBs, and XP recognizes the length of the file, but Winamp will not play it, it acts like there is nothing there! Help!

Thanks!
Check the Volume Controls you have. You must have muted the playback of wav from your soundcard.

Right click on teh Volume icon in the task bar (bottom right side), select Open Volume Controls.

Cick Options and make sure Advanced is selected. Then Properties > Playback and make sure all the possible volume controls for playback are in fact selected, also that the proper mixinf device corrsponding to yoru sound card is selected at the top.

Once you click OK, you see a display of all the different types of audio controls. You have a bunch of different sources of audio, leftmost should be Master Volume. Make sure the slider is up and it's not muted. In fact make sure none of the selections are muted and their sliders are up, except for microphone which should be muted.

[Marky]

Check the Volume Controls you have. You must have muted the playback of wav from your soundcard.

Right click on teh Volume icon in the task bar (bottom right side), select Open Volume Controls.

Cick Options and make sure Advanced is selected. Then Properties > Playback and make sure all the possible volume controls for playback are in fact selected, also that the proper mixinf device corrsponding to yoru sound card is selected at the top.

Once you click OK, you see a display of all the different types of audio controls. You have a bunch of different sources of audio, leftmost should be Master Volume. Make sure the slider is up and it's not muted. In fact make sure none of the selections are muted and their sliders are up, except for microphone which should be muted.

uh-oh, nope. I don't think thats it.
I took a few screenshots of what everything looks like, including winamp, where it recognizes the file as an .mp3 but does not correctly load it into its playlist.

http://www.picturehost.co.uk/free.one/ss1.JPG

Hope you can help! Thanks again!

[LtData]

Have you tried to play the mp3 file in another player? Also, is your trial expired for the PowerPack?

[neilthecellist]

LtData, if his/her trial ran out on his copy of PowerPack, wouldn't there be a message that tells him/her that the trial is over?

[LtData]

Yes, just trying to cover all bases here.

[neilthecellist]

oh ok.

[ChristinaS]

Marky, look at the volume slider in Winamp. It seems to be very far to the left.

Have you tried to play the mp3 files in Windows Media Player instead?

[LtData]

Also, what does Winamp report the file info to be? Just right-click on the file and go to "view file info" in the playlist editor.

[neilthecellist]

and is "mute" selected in winamp?

[LtData]

There isn't a slash through the volume icon, so no, Winamp does not have mute on.

[neilthecellist]

o right......

tried the other players?

[Marky]

Yes. The .mp3 plays in no other players. It is recognized as an .mp3 but the player cannot play it, it gives no time reading, etc. The version I have is a cracked version because my first version that I bought was trashed when I had to format awhile back. This is super weird what is going on. Should I just try to find another cracked version online and start over? I am NOT buying it again, I am a student and I cannot drop money like that.

[LtData]

Wait, you have purchased the PowerPack? If you have your order number, you can get a new registered download. If you don't have your order number, you can e-mail Spoon with as much information as you can remember and he will send you a new registered download. Info here: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/announcement.php?f=10&announcementid=8

[Marky]

Wait, you have purchased the PowerPack? If you have your order number, you can get a new registered download. If you don't have your order number, you can e-mail Spoon with as much information as you can remember and he will send you a new registered download. Info here: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/announcement.php?f=10&announcementid=8

hmm. I don't think I have my info anymore, it was a few years ago....

[ChristinaS]

hmm. I don't think I have my info anymore, it was a few years ago....
Lol! Cracked version.... forgotten and lost details ....
Sounds cracked all the way, sorry Marky.

[neilthecellist]

Marky, what are the chances that you BOUGHT the software? You just admitted to us that you cracked it. DON'T CRACK IT. BUY IT.

D'you know what I do to get by the 30 day trial? I painstakingly reformat my computer with Windows XP! I put myself through the torture (hope Spoon understands) because I can't buy it, but I don't simply CRACK it, I torture myself so I can be rid of self-guilt! (Well, I still have some self-guilt for not getting the Powerpack liscence, but reformatting works, doesn't it?)

[iTunesIsEvil]

Marky, what are the chances that you BOUGHT the software? You just admitted to us that you cracked it. DON'T CRACK IT. BUY IT.
<EDIT>Ok, so you're right. That was pretty stupid. Though not quite as bad as callling MS and saying "Hey, I've got a pirated copy of Windows XP, and I <insert problem here...>"

D'you know what I do to get by the 30 day trial? I painstakingly reformat my computer with Windows XP!
Errr... next time why dont you just try searching the registry for anything that says either dmc, dbpoweramp, or illustrate, remove those keys/values/folders, delete pretty much everything from the C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch (other than the .ini file), delete your %temp% directory, and finally delete the C:\Program Files\Illustrate directory. That would be easier than going through a reformat every 30 days. Besides, if you try it and it doesnt work, then no biggie, you just do the reformat. No loss if youre already reformatting.

[LtData]

hmm. I don't think I have my info anymore, it was a few years ago....
Then e-mail him with information like your name and the e-mail you used at the time, along with any other info and, if he can find your order, he'll link you to another registered download.

Edit: Of course, if your using a cracked version, either you don't care to recover a registered download or you aren't supposed to have a registered download.

[Smoggy]

Sounds fishy to me......
He shouldn't be listning to "Little Girl Lullabys" anyway! :komisch7:

[neilthecellist]

lol!

[Smoggy]

Marky, what are the chances that you BOUGHT the software? You just admitted to us that you cracked it. DON'T CRACK IT. BUY IT.

D'you know what I do to get by the 30 day trial? I painstakingly reformat my computer with Windows XP! I put myself through the torture (hope Spoon understands) because I can't buy it, but I don't simply CRACK it, I torture myself so I can be rid of self-guilt! (Well, I still have some self-guilt for not getting the Powerpack liscence, but reformatting works, doesn't it?)

Aww C'mon Neil you can afford to buy it.......Get a job pumpin gas or mow some lawns...Somthing! :eek:

[neilthecellist]

Aww C'mon Neil you can afford to buy it.......Get a job pumpin gas or mow some lawns...Somthing! :eek:

I'm 15, I can't work. Plus, my parents won't let me work because they say it'll conflict with my homework load....AP classes and stuff..

[Smoggy]

Tell your parents to buy it for you or you will go on a hunger strike! :D

[ChristinaS]

Save a buck every week from your allowance and in 3 months you'll have enough.

Skip going to a couple of movies or arcades or whatever it is you do for fun.

Ask them for $14! You'd be surprised at what you can get when you just ask nicely.

[neilthecellist]

I promised to myself that I will get the PowerPack liscence when I turn 16. At the moment, I have 150 dollars (some borrowed from my brother), but alone, I only have $20.25 with me. And this is not money I get from my parents. My parents are not the type who care for me. They impose strict rules that have absolutely no positive effect, they don't let me out of the house so I can hang out with my friends, (that's why I'm always surfing the web at home), I'm not allowed to work because they won't let me, I don't get allowance. The twenty dollars that I got were from performing at the La Jolla Hilton down in the beachside of San Diego.....And that's all the money I've ever earned.

I got the 25 cents from the ground.

And, no, I don't go to the movies, because (1) I don't have money (2) My parents wouldn't let me (3) It would kill my school grade, instantly. And no, I don't do anything fun except (1) playing video games, once a week, for 20 minutes on Saturday. That's it.

[ChristinaS]

LOL! Poor child! :D

[Smoggy]

You'll thank them in the future....When you have a good education and you're making lots of money....I was smoking pot behind the baseball feild when I was 15...LOL :thumbdown

[adaywayne]

I promised to myself that I will get the PowerPack liscence when I turn 16. At the moment, I have 150 dollars (some borrowed from my brother), but alone, I only have $20.25 with me. And this is not money I get from my parents. My parents are not the type who care for me. They impose strict rules that have absolutely no positive effect, they don't let me out of the house so I can hang out with my friends, (that's why I'm always surfing the web at home), I'm not allowed to work because they won't let me, I don't get allowance. The twenty dollars that I got were from performing at the La Jolla Hilton down in the beachside of San Diego.....And that's all the money I've ever earned.

I got the 25 cents from the ground.

And, no, I don't go to the movies, because (1) I don't have money (2) My parents wouldn't let me (3) It would kill my school grade, instantly. And no, I don't do anything fun except (1) playing video games, once a week, for 20 minutes on Saturday. That's it.



You are in California, aren't you Neil? Sue them!!

[Smoggy]

LOL...If you don't I will!!!!! :D

[Spoon]

..tell them if they let you out their electricty bill will not be as high ;)

[neilthecellist]

Ugh, we went totally off the subject. (Thanks for all the "advice", though! :) )

Where were we?

[ChristinaS]

Ugh, we went totally off the subject. (Thanks for all the "advice", though! :) )

Where were we?
I don't know where WE were, but wherever that is, YOU're always there :D

[neilthecellist]

lol! I think we were talking about cracking software.